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Increasing Distance Instruction Through Electronic Newsletters, Lauren Dubell, Edward "Cotton" Coslett Apr 2019

Increasing Distance Instruction Through Electronic Newsletters, Lauren Dubell, Edward "Cotton" Coslett

Library Presentations, Posters, and Audiovisual Materials

This poster details the new outreach method we utilized to increase our bibliographic instruction sessions with the distributed Brandman campuses served by the Chapman Leatherby Libraries. The use of our new electronic newsletter increased the amount of bibliographic instruction sessions that we performed during the 2017-18 year.


Information Literacy And Academic Libraries As Working Places, Shahrzad Khosrowpour Sep 2017

Information Literacy And Academic Libraries As Working Places, Shahrzad Khosrowpour

Library Presentations, Posters, and Audiovisual Materials

A power point about the assessment in the Cataloging department to assess staff’s performances, their critical thinking/decision-making effectiveness, and bringing solutions to time management and productivity of the department.


Marketing And Development For Libraries, A Luxury Or A Necessity?, Essraa Nawar Aug 2016

Marketing And Development For Libraries, A Luxury Or A Necessity?, Essraa Nawar

Library Presentations, Posters, and Audiovisual Materials

For many libraries across the world, marketing, development and fundraising can be dirty words and if you add outreach people do not even get it. In this poster, the presenter will prove why libraries across the globe should embrace marketing, outreach and development for what they are, and let outreach spread and be part of our daily routine in libraries. Just like corporations and start-up, libraries of all kinds need to invest time; energy and resources on their marketing and development strategies. By applying some of these techniques, libraries will not just be able to better understand their users’ needs …


A Dream Come True -- An Academic Friend's First Ala Annual Conference, Essraa Nawar Jul 2014

A Dream Come True -- An Academic Friend's First Ala Annual Conference, Essraa Nawar

Library Articles and Research

Essraa Nawar describes her first time attending the American Library Association's Annual Conference as the inaugural recipient of the United for Libraries/SAGE Academic Friend Conference Grant.


Library Annual Reports Made Easy, Essraa Nawar Jun 2014

Library Annual Reports Made Easy, Essraa Nawar

Library Presentations, Posters, and Audiovisual Materials

No single publication can do more to enhance the reputation, advocate for increased budgets, and support a library than an annual report. Even though an annual report requires time, effort, money, and the cooperation of many contributors to prepare, publish, and distribute, it is a very powerful marketing tool with demonstrated results. To make the process of publishing this yearly report easier, more organized, and more effective, a new approach was implemented in the Leatherby Libraries in 2011 that culminated in recognition as the 2013 national Best of Show at ALA PR Xchange awards with over two hundred entries. The …


Bringing Events And Programming To Life!, Essraa Nawar, Charlene Baldwin May 2014

Bringing Events And Programming To Life!, Essraa Nawar, Charlene Baldwin

Library Presentations, Posters, and Audiovisual Materials

Nawar and Baldwin detail the Arts, Exhibits and Events Committee, which develops the programming and exhibits at the Leatherby Libraries at Chapman University. They also showcase the types of events and exhibits that have been put on at the Leatherby Libraries and discuss the pros and cons of the process.


Story Rooms: Using Funded Group Study Rooms To Promote Special Interests Of Library Donors, Essraa Nawar, Charlene Baldwin May 2013

Story Rooms: Using Funded Group Study Rooms To Promote Special Interests Of Library Donors, Essraa Nawar, Charlene Baldwin

Library Presentations, Posters, and Audiovisual Materials

These presentation slides discuss the use of funded group study rooms to promote special interests of donors and to provide students with enhanced learning and discovery.